NJ Judges Name US Atty In Apparent End To Leadership Fight

By Jake Maher

The New Jersey federal court on Monday appointed a career federal prosecutor to serve as U.S. attorney for the Garden State in what appears to end a lengthy standoff between district judges and the U.S. Department of Justice over leadership of the office.

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J&J Amici Seek Clarity On Goldman Precedent For Class Cert.

By Jarek Rutz

Four groups of amici have urged the U.S. Supreme Court to take up Johnson & Johnson's challenge to a Third Circuit decision allowing a securities class action over its talc products to proceed, warning the ruling could reshape how shareholder suits are litigated nationwide.

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Analysis

LaGuardia Airport Runway Collision: What We Know So Far

By Linda Chiem

A late Sunday runway collision between an Air Canada passenger jet and a fire truck marked the first deadly accident at LaGuardia Airport in more than three decades, federal and state officials said, raising troubling questions about air traffic control procedures at one of the busiest airports serving the New York metropolitan area.

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Novartis Faces Class Suit Over Patient Health Info Disclosure

By Zak Kostro

Drugmaker Novartis collected patients' personal and health information through pharmaceutical marketing websites and transmitted it to third parties including Google using "surreptitious online tracking tools" without patients' consent, a proposed class action in New Jersey federal court alleges.

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Cognizant Fired Worker Over Hiring Bias Claims, Jury Told

By Pete Brush

A New York University computer science professor on Monday told a federal jury in Manhattan he was unlawfully fired from a lucrative job at Cognizant Technology Solutions for alleging the New Jersey information technology company was engaging in hiring practices that favored immigrant workers from India.

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Democratic AGs Demand IEEPA Tariff Refund Legislation

By Jack McLoone

A group of Democratic state attorneys general pushed congressional leaders to enact legislation that would require timely refunds of all duties levied under the now-invalidated International Emergency Economic Powers Act tariffs, including interest.

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Reed Smith Pushes To Continue Atty Depo In NJ Bias Suit

By Jake Maher

Reed Smith LLP is urging a New Jersey state trial court to allow it to resume its deposition of a former attorney suing it for gender discrimination years after the last deposition date in the wake of an appeals court decision widely expanding the scope of discovery.

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NJ Law Firm Hit With Firing Suit From Former Paralegal

By Carla Baranauckas

A former paralegal at Rainone Coughlin Minchello LLC has alleged the New Jersey municipal-law firm violated the New Jersey Family Leave Act in illegally firing her after she sought intermittent family leave to care for her mother‑in‑law following a debilitating stroke.

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Nursing Home Atty Fees Axed Over Lack Of Proximate Cause

By Carla Baranauckas

A New Jersey appellate panel has ruled that an estate can't recover attorney fees under the state statute governing nursing home residents' rights because the jury in an underlying wrongful‑death and negligence trial found no damages tied to any statutory violation.

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Pa. AG Tells Justices He Must Intervene In Grid Fight

By Ganesh Setty

Pennsylvania's attorney general urged the U.S. Supreme Court to let him intervene in Third Circuit proceedings after a panel allowed a utility's transmission line project to proceed, saying it'd "stripped" Pennsylvania of its right to regulate state land use.

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Justices Won't Review Erie Indemnity Fee Dispute

By Hope Patti

The U.S. Supreme Court said Monday it will not review a decision vacating a temporary halt on a Pennsylvania suit challenging Erie Indemnity Co.'s collection of a management fee.

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States Say USDA Added Illegal Strings To Food Assistance

By Carolyn Muyskens

A group of 20 states and the District of Columbia sued the U.S. Department of Agriculture on Monday over what the coalition called unlawful and coercive new conditions on funding for programs like school lunches and food assistance.

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Roundup

Injury Law Roundup: Meta Atty Uses Jane Doe Plaintiff's Name

By Y. Peter Kang

A Meta attorney's gaffe and Mark Zuckerberg's testimony in the closely watched social media addiction bellwether trial, and an announced $7.25 billion settlement by Bayer over Roundup weedkiller claims, lead Law360's Injury Law Roundup.

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3rd Circ. Sides With Nuclear Plant Co. In Union Benefits Fight

By Kellie Mejdrich

The Third Circuit on Monday sided with a nuclear power company in a dispute with an electrical workers union over contributions to employee healthcare premiums, holding that the union couldn't force issues out of court because their disagreement was outside the scope of the collective bargaining agreement's arbitration provision.

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Labor & Employment Head Named Next Morgan Lewis Chair

By Tracey Read

Morgan Lewis & Bockius LLP announced Monday that the global leader of its labor and employment practice was unanimously elected as the firm's next chair to take over for Jami McKeon, who will retire at the end of the year.

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Social Media Atty Sanctioned For 'Most Shameful Moment'

By Craig Clough

A California judge on Monday sanctioned an attorney for the plaintiff in a bellwether trial alleging Meta Platforms and Google's social media platforms harm children's mental health, fining him $1,100 and keeping him off the plaintiffs' steering committee for violating court rules by twice filming inside the courthouse.

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Immigration Judges To Challenge Their Firing At Fed. Circ.

By Britain Eakin

Attorneys for a pair of fired immigration judges said Monday they will ask the Federal Circuit to review a federal panel ruling that stripped them of civil service protections, warning of a dramatic expansion of presidential authority over the civil workforce.

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Day Pitney Fights DQ Over Ex-Justice's Time On Case He Heard

By Aaron Keller

Day Pitney LLP has apologized after former Connecticut Supreme Court Chief Justice Richard A. Robinson, now a firm partner, billed 15.7 hours for reviewing a since-remanded case he heard years ago as a justice, but the firm said the "error" should not disqualify its other lawyers from advancing the litigation. 

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Ramey IP Attys, Client Must Pay $107K Fees In Bad-Faith Suit

By Emily Sawicki

A San Francisco federal judge has ordered three sanctioned attorneys, including Texas intellectual property lawyer William Ramey III, together with their client, to cover $107,389 in attorney fees stemming from three identical patent suits the lawyers launched and withdrew in 2024, also ordering Ramey to show cause why he should not face further sanctions.

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Catching Up With Delaware's Chancery Court

By Jarek Rutz

The Delaware Chancery Court's docket this past week featured high-stakes disputes involving major consumer brands, a reinstated video game executive, revived noncompete and compensation claims and fresh allegations of corporate misconduct in the healthcare sector.

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